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While hallmark flare it is better than most. The female leads are quite good and believable. I would watch it again. Better storyline than previews suggest.

Good watch.

Nice exploration of sensitive themes, nice acting, sweet end. A story charming for the jewels and gem tree and the rebelious teen niece and the assume of parent status of older brother with not pleasant result.

In short, a seductive Hallmark film , in my case, not ignoring the mentioned motives, for Tom Everett Scott and the sketches for jewels , absolutely poetic, one by one. In the first case, he is one of actors remembering my youth for his early roles and teen stories well interpreted. The seconfd, maybe as wake up of the hidde desire to create jewels .

So, like the other reviewer , I saw it as a pleasant film . And this is not exactly a real insignificant virtue.

This is a romantic story about a separated couple being shepherded back together by a supposed 16 year old niece. For me, the niece Gemma was the highlight, but the reconciliation story was sweet also.

Acting is good. There is chemistry between Mía Maestro and Tom Everett Scott. Despite the separation, Gemma's line that they are hopelessly in love (or just hopeless) is accurate even from the beginning. Emilia's character has been too much taken for granted and she needed far more comfort from her husband through their failed efforts at conceiving a child. That's where Gemma comes in. All of this is laid out fairly early in the story.

The general outcome is predictable as is Gemma's role in it. Even so Ella Ballentine's energy as Gemma, and how she infects Benedict with it, is a joy to watch. Maestro is immediately sympathetic as Emilia. She has a elegant beauty and a appealing personality.

Perhaps I should have expected the conflict because something from that direction was inevitable, but it caught me a little by surprise in how it played out.

My only complaint is that the 20 year old, Ballentine, seemed even more mature to me and I had a hard time accepting her as 16.

Wow! This movie was the first "marriage recovery" story I've ever watched that didn't feel at all depressing. In fact, it was beautiful and sweet and full of hope. For me, it was the niece's bright cheeriness and the uncle/husband's precious loyalty and gentlemanliness that made this movie so good.

This is a beautiful movie about second chances with romance, mystery, funny scenes and gemstones as Benedict Stone turns his life around with the help of his young niece.